I don't think there's ever a winner in a feud. It's about emotional pain and an inability to conquer the pain. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
The Hollywood thing is - like, it feels like the biggest thing in the world, and yet it's the smallest town. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
When I was starting out in Hollywood, everything was such a battle. — Ryan Murphy Battle Copy Share Image
The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the whole clown phobia thing because I personally don't have it. — Ryan Murphy Clown Copy Share Image
It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
You've not felt the pain of rejection until a television show based on your own life is canceled. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I think I have a pattern of nice and lovely and then dark and twisted. — Ryan Murphy Dark Copy Share Image
I think the great thing about a television set is that it can be turned on and off, and you don't have… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Just because you have a baby on your hip - or one on the way or two at home - doesn't mean… — Ryan Murphy Dream Copy Share Image
I find that women are much more comfortable showing their emotion and inviting you into their emotional landscape. — Ryan Murphy Feminism Copy Share Image
As a showrunner, you can never be a 'maybe.' When I do movies, there is a lot of, 'Maybe' and, 'Let's investigate… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, a divorce is a divorce, and a break-up is a break-up. They are essentially small matters… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
When I started, you couldn't do anything. A gay person trying to write a gay character in 1998 - it was so difficult. — Ryan Murphy Character Copy Share Image
I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe… — Ryan Murphy Academy award Copy Share Image
I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and… — Ryan Murphy Acceptance Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to work with Brad [Falchuk] and Ian [Brennan] again on something comedic, and we are having a blast… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: When you tell somebody, 'I love you. I have always loved your work, and I want to show people… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I formed this thing called the Half Foundation, and what I tried to do is quantify hiring practices in Hollywood. Half the… — Ryan Murphy Female Copy Share Image
I was very much raised by my grandmother, who actually was Bette Davis - looked like her, acted like her, talked like… — Ryan Murphy Affection Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a culture that allowed my children to see the world differently, if only from a strictly visual perspective:… — Ryan Murphy Children Copy Share Image
I would much rather have watched Jill Clayburgh in 'An Unmarried Woman' than 'Star Wars.' Even though I saw that movie when… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in Indiana with cornfields and churches, I was always very intrigued by the Academy Awards - they were… — Ryan Murphy Academy award Copy Share Image
I lean into fear because I feel like that excites me as an artist. — Ryan Murphy Art Copy Share Image
I'm very black and white about what I like or don't like, and I've always been that way. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about actors, and I'm passionate about showing actors in different lights. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been majorly unloved as a child. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents. — Ryan Murphy Childhood Copy Share Image
I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story. — Ryan Murphy Advocacy Copy Share Image